Customers are asking AI to recommend businesses. Is yours one of them?

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude don't show a list — they recommend a handful of businesses they trust. Right now, AI is bypassing 95% of local businesses entirely. Find out where you stand in 30 seconds.

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Business owner concerned about AI visibility
95% of local businesses are invisible to AI recommendations
132 trust criteria AI uses to decide who gets recommended
1M+ lines of code powering our scoring engine
12 critical scoring categories analyzed

The way customers find businesses has changed — permanently

For 20 years, consumers found local businesses through search — Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor. They'd type "Italian restaurant near me" and choose from a list. Your business had a chance to be seen on that list.

That era is ending. Consumers are now asking AI: "What's a good Italian restaurant near me?" And AI doesn't show a list. It confidently recommends a small number of businesses it trusts — and ignores everyone else.

This isn't a fad — it's a steamroller. Millions of consumers are shifting from browsing search results to trusting AI recommendations. The businesses AI chooses to recommend will thrive. The rest will watch their revenue fall.

The question every local business needs to answer: "How do I get recommended by AI?"

We reverse-engineered what AI looks for

AI Business Score spent over six months reverse-engineering and interrogating the AI systems that recommend businesses to consumers. We analyzed what the recommended businesses have in common — and what the ignored businesses are missing.

The result: 132 specific criteria that AI systems use to decide which businesses to trust and recommend. Our scoring engine runs over 100 analyses on your domain to measure how closely you align with what AI needs to see.

On-site congruency factors — does your site communicate trust clearly?
External data collaboration — are your signals consistent across the web?
Contextual API analysis — how do AI systems actually perceive your business?
Recommended site comparison — how do you stack up against businesses AI already trusts?

Your AI Business Score

When you request your free score, it may look like a simple process — but behind the scenes, our engine is running 100+ individual analyses across 12 scoring categories to determine exactly where your business stands.

The 12 scoring categories:

Business Identity Local SEO & GBP Reputation Signals LSA Eligibility Contactability UX & Conversion Technical SEO AI Discoverability Content Quality Social Presence Trust & Safety Performance & Speed

Stop guessing. Start aligning.

Whether you just want to check your score or fully align your business with AI — we've got you covered.

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Run your score every month to see where you stand. Our engine analyzes 132 criteria and gives you an overall alignment score in seconds.

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See every one of the 132 criteria with detailed descriptions and specific corrective actions you can take to improve your alignment with AI systems.

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Talk to an Alignment Specialist who will define the scope of work needed to improve your score. For serious business owners ready to act now.

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Understand the disruption before it hits your bottom line

Don't wait until your customers have moved on

This is a turning point. Millions of businesses will lose a significant portion of their prospective customers as AI adoption accelerates. Run your free score now and find out where you stand — before your competitors do.

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Disclaimer: AI Business Score has invested significant time and resources in reverse engineering and analyzing the criteria AI systems use when recommending local businesses. However, AI is evolving rapidly and the criteria used in scoring a business's recommendation potential is also evolving. AI Business Score is not like a credit report where all inputs are static or historical — it is fluid. Your score is a subjective value that will change over time based on changes in how AI tools rank and classify businesses. Users of this site and AI Business Score's products and services agree to hold it harmless due to the fluid nature of its scoring criteria.